Fastening trousers cuff



CURTESS FA'STENING TROUSERS CUFF Filed Dec INVENTORy v l FRANK R.CURTISS. BY Mm Patented Oct. 6, 1936- UNITED STATI-EIS` PATENT GFFICEFASTENING TROUSERS CU'FF Frank R. Curtiss, New Haven; Conn.

Rossum 5 Claims. (Cl. 2-232) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in trousers cuffs and has particular relation to a methodof securing a trousers cuff in place at the lower end of a trousers leg.

An object of the invention is to provide -a method whereby trouserscuffs may be secured in place without sewing.

Another object is to provide a method whereby a trousers cuff may besecured in place by a staple or similar fastening means and in suchmanner that the staple does lnot show at the outer side of the trousersleg and has no projections at the inner side thereof. A

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a considerationof the following detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawingrA wherein a satisfactory embodiment of theinvention is shown. l However, it will be understood that the inventionis not limited to the details disclosed but includes all such variationsand modifications as fall within the spirit of the invention and thescope ofthe appended claims.

In the drawing:-

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the lower portion of a trousers legwith the cuff secured in place according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken' substantially along the line3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the manner of applying astaple.

The present application is a division of my application Serial Number703,032 filed December 19th, i933 and in which is disclosed a means forsatisfactorily carrying out the invention here claimed.`

Referring in detail to the drawing at 5 is shown the lower portion of atrousers leg and the latter is equipped with a cuff generally designated6.

The cuff is shown as formed by folding or bending the material 1 of thetrousers leg at 8 and carrying such material upwardly to provide a layer9 at the outer side of the lower end portion of the leg 5. Depending onthe depth of the cuif the material is again bent at I0 and carrieddownwardly providingthe outer layer Il of the cuff.

At the lower end of the trousers leg the material is again folded orbent as at l2 and carried upwardly providing` a short inner layer I3which may be sewed in place in the usual manner. Heretofore, it hasbeenl the practice to sew the cufEs 6 into the position in which it isshown and cleaning operation the eui must be again secured in its properplace and this has been 'accomplished by again sewing it as abovedescribed.

According to the present invention atrousers 10 cuff is secured in placequickly without sewingA it with a thread and the cuif may besecuredaccordingfto the teaching of the present invention by unskilled persons.As here disclosed the cuff E is secured in place by means of a staplei4. The 15 staple is inserted from the inner side of the trousers leg sothat the staple crown -i5 is at the inner side of the trousers leg whilethe staple legs or prongs I6 are caused to penetrate the fabric or layerl of the trousers leg 5 and the inner layer 20 of fabricl 9 of l thecuff. However, the staple prongs I6 are prevented from passing throughthe outer layer Il of the cuil? 6 and as clearly shown in Fig. 2 areclinched against the outer surface of the .inner layer S of the trouserscuff. 25

It is preferred that the staples be applied with the aid of some meanssuch as that disclosed in my application above identiiied. When a cui isto be secured in place an anvil means in the formof a needle-like partI1 (see Fig. 4) is passed 30 through the outer layer Il of the cuir andthe staple I4 is then driven against such means from the inner side ofthe trousers leg. Normally the staple is substantially in the form of aninverted U as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4 and as 35 the stapleprongs engage the anvil I1 they are deiiected as shown by the full linesin said iigure. When the staple is fully driven it occupies the positionof Fig. 3. By means of the anvil I1 the staple prongs are prevented frompassing through 40.A

the outer layer I i of the cuff and as they are driven they are clinchedagainst the outer sur face of the layer 9 of the cuff. v

Thus, it will be seen that the layers of fabric 1 and 9 are securedtogether by the staple I4 and 45 are clamped against one another since aportion of each layer is gripped between the clinched staple prongs I6and the staple crown l5. Obviously, one or more staples may be appliedat each side of the trousers leg so as to secure the 50 cuE in'place. Itis particularly noted that the staple is inserted from the inner side ofthe trousers leg and is prevented from passing through the outer layeril of the cuil'. 'Therefore, when the staple is in place it is notexposed 56 at the outer side of the trousers leg and in addition onlyits crown is at the inner side of the trousers leg so that the staple isnot visible and the ends of its prongs are not in position to catch on ahose or to scratch the wearer.

In the drawing the staple prongs are bent toward one another to clinchthem but when the cuif is to be opened or folded down this may be easilyaccomplished by catching the upper edge of the cui and the trousers legand pulling the cuif open. This causes the prongs of the staple vto openwithout tearing the fabric and the cuff may be readily cleaned and againsecured in place by new staples. The staple prongs may be clinched bybending them in any desired direction relative .to the staple crown, itbeing only necessary that they be deflected out of their normal relationto the crown. Y

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is:

1. A trousers leg comprising at its lower end a cuil' including innerand vouter layers of fabric connected at their upper edges,- a staplehaving its crown at the inner side of the trousers leg and having itsVlegs passing through the fabric of the trousers leg and all but theouter of said layers and clinched whereby the staple secures the cuff inplace and is concealed by the outer layer of the cuff.

2. The method of securing in place at the lower edge portion of atrousers leg a cuff including inner and outer layers of fabric connectedat their upper edges, comprisingr locating an anvil member between theouter and inner layers of the fabric of said cuff, passing the prongs ofa staple through the lower portion of the trousers leg and the innerlayer of the fabric of the cuff while the cuff is in place at the sideof the trousers leg, and forcing the prongs of the staple against saidanvil to prevent the prongs passing through the outer layer -of thefabric of the trousers cuff and to clinch such prongs against the outersurface of the inner layer of fabric of the trousers cuff.

3. The method of securing in place at the lower edge portion of atrousers leg a cuil' including inner and outer layers of fabricconnected at their upper edges, comprising locating an anvil memberbetween the outer and inner layers of the fabric of said cuil', passinga prong of a pronged fastener through the lower portion of the trousersleg andthe inner layer'of the fabric of the cuff while the cuil' is inplace at the side of the trousers leg, and forcing the prong of thefastener against said anvil to prevent the prong passing through theouter layer of the fabric of the trousers cuil' and to clinch such prongagainst the outer surface of the inner layer of fabric of the trouserscuff.

4. A trousers leg comprising at its lower end, a cuff including innerand outer layers of fabric connected at their upper edges, astaplepassing through all of the layers of fabric of the trousers leg exceptthe outer of said layers and fastened, whereby the staple secures thecuff in place and is concealed by the outer layer of the cuff.

5. The method of securing in place at the lower edge portion of atrousers-leg a cuil' including inner and out'er layers of fabricconnected at their upper edges, consisting in passing the prongs oi astaple through the lower portion of the trousers leg and the inner layerof the fabric of the cuff while tne cuff is in place at the side of thetrousers leg, and clinching the ends of the prongs of the staple betweenthe layers of the fabric of the cuil', whereby the anchoring oi' thestaple is inwardly of the outer layer of fabric of the cuff.

FRANK R. CURTISS.

